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Oscar (Academy Awards):

Oscar is also known as Academy Awards. It is given for excellence in cinematic achievments for various category like direction, music, cinematography etc. The history of Oscar award starts when it first instituted by selecting American director William Wellson’s ‘Wings’ as the best picture of 1927/1928 on the First Academy Award ceremony. Most recent Best Picture Oscar winner for 2016 goes to ‘Moonlight’ which has been honoured on 89th Academy Award ceremony 2017.

Among the film world, Academy Award has bern recognised the highest international film award presented by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences(AMPAS) annualy. It is also the most prestigious award in Hollywood. All awardees are categorically honoured with a golden Oscar statuette at an annual ceremony organised by AMPAS. Each best national film can be sent for Oscar nominations which is previewed by Oscar’s authorised committees. Since the beginning a total number of 88 Best Picture(listed below) winners have been awarded Oscar till 2017.

This article begins with yearwise ordered list of each best picture Oscar winners from starting years to the latest. Then oscar academy awards 2016 and 2017 winners list, and all academy award related top gk question answers.

Full year wise list of each Best Picture Oscar winning films ever(1927/28-2016)

Here is the list of Best Picture Oscar Award winning films followed by winning years

YearBest Picture

1928 Wings

1929 The Broadway Melody

1930 All Quiet On The Western Front

1931 Cimmaron

1932 Grand Hotel

1933 Cavalcade

1934 It Happenned One Night

1935 Mutiny On The Bounty

1936 The Great Ziegfeld

1937 The Life Of Emil Zola

1938 You Can’t Take It With You

1939 Gone With The Wind

1940 Rebecca

1941 How Green Was My Valley

1942 Mrs. Miniver

1943 The Song Of Bernadette

1944 Going My Way

1945

The Lost Weekend best Picture of 1945

1946 The Best Year Of Our Lives

1947 Gentlmen’s Agreement

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YearBest Film

1948 Hamlet

1949 All The King’s Men

1950 All About Eve

1951 An American In Paris

1952 The Greatest Show On Earth

1953 From Here To Eternity

1954 On The Water Front

1955 Marty

1956 Around The World In Eighty Days

1957 The Bridge On The River Kwai

1958 Gigi

1959 Ben Hur

1960 The Apartment

1961 West Side Story

1962 Lawrence of Arabia

1963 Tom Jones

1964 My Fair Lady

1965 The Sound Of Music

1966 A Man For All Seasons

1967 In The Hit Of The Night

YearBest Film

1968 Oliver!

1969 Midnight Cowboy

1970

Patton – Best Picture of 1970

1971 The French Connection

1972 The Godfather

1973 The Sting

1974 The Godfather part2

1975 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

1976 Rocky

1977 Annie Hall

1978 The Deer Hunter

1979 Kramer vs Kramer

1980 Ordinary People

1981

Chariots of Fire- Best Picture of 1981

1982 Gandhi

1983 Terms of Endearment

1984 Amadeus

1985 Out of Africa

1986 Platoon

1987 The Last Emperor

YearBest Film

1988 Rain Man

1989 Driving Miss Daisy

1990 Dances With Wolves

1991 The Silence Of The Lambs

1992 Unforgiven

1993 Schindler’s List

1994 Forrest Gump

1995 Braveheart

1996 The English Patient

1997 Titanic

1998 Shakespeare In Love

1999 American Beauty

2000 Gladiator

2001 A Beautiful Mind

2002 Chicago

2003 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of The King

2004 Million Dollar Baby

2005 Crash

2006 The Departed

2007 No Country For Old Man

Here you will see the last list of oscar awarded films and years from 2008-2016

YearBest Film

2008 Slumdog Millionaire

2009 The Heart Locker

2010 The King’s Speech

2011

The Artist

2012 Argo

2013 12 Years A Slave

2014 Birdman

2015 Spotlight

2016 Moonlight

Spotlight is the best picture of 2015 which awarded on 88th Academy Awards 2016. The best picture of 2016 has been declared on february 2017 on the ceremony of 89th Academy Awards. Which is held at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Q. Which is the 2001’s Ashutosh Gowariker directed bollywood film nominated for Oscar award?

Ans:- Lagaan was nominated for Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category

Q. For which film, world famous Indian musician A.R.Rahman won two Oscar academy awards in 2009?

Ans:- For the film Slumdog Millionaire of 2008

Q. Deepa Mehta’s film ‘Water’ nominated for oscar academy awards in 2007 for which category?

Ans:- Best Foreign Language Film

Q. What is the first Indian film nominated for Oscar best foreign language film category?

Ans:- Mother India nominated in 1958

Q. The first Indian to win oscar in best sound mixing category is?

Ans:- Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire, 2009

Q. Who was the nominee of the first ever Oscar nominated indian film ‘Mother India’?

A) Mehboob Khan

B) Ismail Merchant

C) Vidhu Vinod Chopra

88th Academy Awards 2016: Winners List-GK

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Best Director – Alejandri G. Inarritu for film ‘The Revenant’

Best Movie – Spotlight

Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio for film ‘The Revenant’

Best Actress – Brie Larson for film ‘Room’

Best Supporting Actor – Mark Rylance for film ‘Bridge of Spies’

Best Supporting Actress – Alicia Vikander for ‘The Danish Girl’

Best Original Screenplay – The Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay – The Big Short

Best Animated Feature Film – Inside Out

Best Foreign Language Film – The Son of Saul

Best Documentary Feature – Amy

Best Documentary Short Subject – The Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness

Best Live Action Short Film – Stutterer

Best Animated Short Film – Bear Story

Best Original Score – The Hateful Eight

Best Original Song – “Writing’s On The Wall” from ‘Spectre’

Best Sound Editing – Mad max: Fury Road

Best Sound Mixing – Mad max: Fury Road

Best Production Design – Mad max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography – The Revenant

Best Makeup & Hairstyling – Mad max: Fury Road

Best Costume Design – Mad max: Fury Road

Best Film Editing – Mad max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects – Ex-Machina

The film Mad max: Fury Road got the most 6 awards. The Revenant movie got most nominations of 12.

Q. What was the venue the ever first academy awards ceremony took place?

Ans:- Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood

Q. What is the date of first academy awards presentation ceremony?

Ans:- May 16, 1929

Q. Which Hungarian movie won the best foreign language film award 2016?

Ans:- The Son of Saul

Q. Which famous American artist won the Best Actor Oscar Award in 2016?

A) Leonardo DiCaprio

B) Brad Pitt

C) Dede Gardner

89th Academy Awards : 2017 Winners List-GK

Best Picture: Moonlight

Best Director: Damien Chazelle for La La Land

Best Actor: Casey Affleck

Best Actress: Emma Stone

Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis

Best Original Screenplay: Manchester by the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay: Moonlight

Best Animated Feature Film: Zootopia

Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman in Persian

Best Documentary Feature: O.J. Made in America

Best Documentary Short Subject: The White Helmets

Best Live Action Short Film: Sing

Best Animated Short Film: Piper

Best Original Score: La La Land

Best Original Song: City of Stars from La La Land

Best Sound Editing: Arrival

Best Sound Mixing: Hacksaw Ridge

Best Production Design: La La Land

Best Cinematography: La La Land

Best Makeup and Hair Styling: Suicide Squad

Best Costume Design: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Best Film Editing: Hacksaw Ridge

Best Visual Effects: The Jungle Book

Q. 89th Academy Award is the landmark for which best picture?

Answer:- Moonlight

Q. Who is the first Muslim ever made history by winning an Academy Award in 2017?

Answer : For his performance as mentor Juan in drama film ‘Moonlight'(2016), Mahershala Ali received the Oscar award for Best Supporting Actor category. Ali also received a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award nomination. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is one of Ali’s best film.